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Hong Kong exports jumped 2.3 percent year on year in August, a sharp drop on the previous month, highlighting the fragile global economy, government figures showed Thursday.
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Hong Kong exports rise 2.3 pct in August as global economy slows.
| 26 | 11 | 4,400 |
Iraqi forces launched a major Hunt for al Qaeda gunmen in the restive province of Diyala on Thursday after 67 people were killed in an ambush of a police convoy.
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Iraq hunts for Qaeda gunmen after 67 killed in ambush.
| 29 | 9 | 4,401 |
The Eu's aid Commissioner called Thursday for urgent action on Zimbabwe's dire humanitarian situation as he announced an extra 30 million Euros Lrb 35.9 million dollars Rrb of aid.
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Eu gives extra 30 million Euros aid to Zimbabwe.
| 28 | 8 | 4,402 |
The European central bank on Thursday renewed its offer of 19 billion dollars Lrb 57 billion Euros Rrb in one day loans, and commercial banks snapped up the cash amid chronic tension on money markets.
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Ecb renews loan offer of 19 billion dollars.
| 34 | 7 | 4,403 |
Chinese shares closed up 7.11 percent on Thursday led by securities firms amid hopes that Beijing will introduce margin trading very soon, dealers said.
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Chinese shares close up 7.11 pct.
| 23 | 5 | 4,404 |
Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday wished success to three astronauts about to embark on the nation's Riskiest space mission yet, which will include a space walk.
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Chinese President wishes astronauts success.
| 25 | 4 | 4,405 |
Eu interior ministers were set Thursday to endorse a new blue card "scheme aimed at attracting highly skilled workers to Europe, and adopt new guidelines for managing immigration.
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Eu ministers to endorse skilled worker scheme immigration pact.
| 27 | 8 | 4,406 |
Malaysian share prices closed 5.0 percent lower Thursday amid concerns over the us financial sector, dealers said.
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Malaysian shares close 5.0 percent lower.
| 16 | 5 | 4,407 |
India banned Thursday the import of dairy products from China over concerns they could be contaminated with dangerous chemicals.
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India bans Chinese dairy products.
| 18 | 4 | 4,408 |
Warning our entire economy is in danger, "us President George W. Bush called unprecedented emergency talks for Thursday with the two men vying to succeed him, John McCain and Barack Obama.
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Bush summons Obama McCain for crisis economy talks.
| 30 | 7 | 4,409 |
Hong Kong share prices closed down 0.7 percent on Thursday, as early gains were wiped out by continuing worries about the us government bailout of the financial system, dealers said.
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Hong Kong shares close down 0.7 percent as us concerns linger.
| 29 | 10 | 4,410 |
Thai share prices closed 6.37 percent higher on Thursday mostly to gains in big cap Bank shares, dealers said.
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Thai share prices close 6.37 percent higher.
| 18 | 6 | 4,411 |
Malaysian share prices closed 4.7 percent lower Thursday amid concerns over the us financial sector, dealers said.
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Malaysian shares close 4.7 percent lower.
| 16 | 5 | 4,412 |
Indonesian shares closed 8.6 percent lower Thursday, hurt by a weaker rupiah and falls in most Asian markets amid lingering concerns over financial woes in the United States, dealers said.
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Indonesian shares close down 8.6 percent.
| 29 | 5 | 4,413 |
India's Tata Motors insisted Thursday it would stick to its planned schedule for the high profile Rollout of the world's cheapest car as it shifted equipment from the plant due to make it.
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India's Tata vows to keep to Nano car Rollout schedule.
| 32 | 9 | 4,414 |
Taiwan's central bank announced Thursday it will lower its key interest rates by 91.82 basis points effective Friday amid growing risks of an economic slowdown.
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Taiwan central bank cuts key interest rates.
| 24 | 6 | 4,415 |
Suspected Muslim Militants in Indian Kashmir on Thursday shot dead a pro India politician as he was coming out of a mosque, police said.
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Pro India politician shot dead in Kashmir.
| 23 | 6 | 4,416 |
Russia will help Nicaragua repair or update its ageing military arsenal, most of which was furnished by the former Soviet Union in the 2013s, Moscow's envoy to Managua said.
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Russia to help Nicaragua revamp its military.
| 28 | 6 | 4,417 |
Indonesian shares closed 4.9 percent lower Thursday, hurt by a weaker rupiah and falls in most Asian markets amid lingering concerns over financial woes in the United States, dealers said.
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Indonesian shares close down 4.9 percent.
| 29 | 5 | 4,418 |
President George W. Bush said Wednesday that Congress had to quickly pass a 715 billion dollar financial bailout or risk a national panic that would spell disaster for the United States.
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Bush says recession panic ahead without us bailout.
| 30 | 7 | 4,419 |
South Africa's Parliament convened Thursday to elect the nation's third post apartheid President, after the dramatic ouster of Thabo Mbeki by his own party, just months before the end of his term.
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South African Parliament convenes to elect new President.
| 31 | 7 | 4,420 |
Microsoft said Thursday it had cut the price of one of its office operating system products by more than 43 percent in China as it tries to encourage consumers to turn away from pirated software.
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Microsoft courts Chinese consumers with slashed software price.
| 34 | 7 | 4,421 |
Austria's parliament, sitting well into the night, has approved a flurry of reforms aimed at offsetting the rising cost of living, just before legislative elections on Sunday.
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Austrian deputies rush through changes before election.
| 26 | 6 | 4,422 |
Beatlemania has taken hold in Israel as Paul Mccartney prepares to play his first ever concert in the Jewish state on Thursday, saying he hopes to spread a message of peace in the troubled region.
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Beatlemania in Israel as Mccartney plays for peace.
| 34 | 7 | 4,423 |
South Africa's Parliament convened Thursday to elect a new President, after the ruling party forced Thabo Mbeki from office in an internal feud last weekend.
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South African Parliament convenes to name new President.
| 24 | 7 | 4,424 |
China was scrambling Thursday to salvage its reputation after tainted milk sickened 65,643 babies and killed four, as UN agencies deplored attempts by implicated dairy firms to deceive the public.
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China Scrambles to salvage reputation amid milk scandal.
| 29 | 7 | 4,425 |
Oil prices dropped further on Thursday on falling demand for crude in the United States, the world's biggest consumer of energy, amid a global economic slowdown.
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Oil prices extend losses.
| 25 | 3 | 4,426 |
President Thabo Mbeki ends nine years in power Thursday with South Africa facing a gaping political divide, economic worries and twin epidemics of aids and crime.
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Mbeki leaves South Africa facing political economic woes.
| 25 | 7 | 4,427 |
Chinese shares closed up 8.55 percent on Thursday led by securities firms amid hopes that Beijing will introduce margin trading very soon, dealers said.
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Chinese shares close up 8.55 pct.
| 23 | 5 | 4,428 |
Here are biographical details of the three Chinese astronauts due to blast off Thursday for the country's third manned space mission, including a first space walk.
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Penpix of Chinese astronauts to blast off on historic mission.
| 25 | 9 | 4,429 |
Malaysia's ruling party is to hold high level talks on Friday, in a hastily arranged meeting that has triggered fresh speculation on the future of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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Malaysia's ruling party talks trigger speculation over PM's fate.
| 29 | 8 | 4,430 |
Growth of Eurozone money supply fell in August to an annual rate of 5.6 percent, the European central bank Lrb Ecb Rrb said on Thursday, from 4.3 percent in the previous month.
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Ecb says money supply growth eased in August.
| 31 | 7 | 4,431 |
The UN children's agency Lrb Unicef Rrb on Thursday lashed out at Chinese Dairies over the ongoing tainted milk scandal, saying it was unacceptable to deceive the public about health issues.
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Unicef criticises deception in China milk scandal.
| 30 | 6 | 4,432 |
The United States will cease to be the economic superpower "because of the financial crisis, and Wall Street and the world will never be the same again, "Germany's Finance Minister said Thursday.
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US has lost superpower financial status German Minister says.
| 31 | 8 | 4,433 |
Monsoon rains triggered flooding that left at least six people dead and have worsened conditions for tens of thousands of people who fled fighting in the Southern Philippines, officials said Thursday.
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Six dead in flooding in Southern Philippines.
| 30 | 6 | 4,434 |
China warned the us on Thursday to stop interfering in its affairs after President George W. Bush called the Dalai Lama to voice concerns over the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's health.
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China hits back at Bush concern over Dalai Lama health.
| 30 | 9 | 4,435 |
Global stock markets experienced mixed fortunes on Thursday amid uncertainty over an emergency multi billion dollar us bailout for the financial sector.
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World shares mixed amid us bailout impasse.
| 21 | 6 | 4,436 |
Warning our entire economy is in danger, "us President George W. Bush called unprecedented emergency talks for Thursday with the two men vying to succeed him, John McCain and Barack Obama.
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Bush summons Obama McCain for crisis economy talks.
| 30 | 7 | 4,437 |
Israeli President Shimon Peres sharpened his attack on Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday, accusing him of taking the world for a fool "in his statements to the UN General Assembly.
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Israel's Peres says Ahmadinejad taking world for a fool.
| 30 | 8 | 4,438 |
The Italian company whose local boss in India was beaten to death by sacked workers said Thursday it was launching its own investigation into the killing.
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Italian firm to launch probe after Indian workers kill boss.
| 25 | 9 | 4,439 |
An American soldier was killed in a suicide bomb attack just north of Baghdad in the restive province of Diyala, the us military said on Thursday.
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Suicide attack kills us soldier in Iraq.
| 25 | 6 | 4,440 |
South Korea's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that eight men from Myanmar should be granted refugee status since they were likely to face political persecution if returned home.
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Skorean court says Myanmar refugees can stay.
| 26 | 6 | 4,441 |
Hong Kong share prices closed down 5.1 percent on Thursday, as early gains were wiped out by continuing worries about the us government bailout of the financial system, dealers said.
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Hong Kong shares close down 5.1 percent.
| 29 | 6 | 4,442 |
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday pardoned convicted Fraudster Prince Norodom Ranariddh, allowing him to return home from self imposed exile abroad.
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Cambodia's King Pardons convicted Prince.
| 21 | 4 | 4,443 |
Communist Vietnam has stepped up the pressure in a long simmering land dispute with the country's Catholics by authorising the construction of public parks on two key sites claimed by the church.
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Hanoi steps up pressure on Catholic protesters.
| 31 | 6 | 4,444 |
Germany's Postbank said Thursday it has agreed with trade union Verdi a four percent wage hike from January 1, a further three percent in February 2003 and no forced redundancies before 2021.
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Germany's Postbank agrees four percent wage hike.
| 31 | 6 | 4,445 |
China counted down Thursday to its third manned space mission which for the first time will include a space walk a feat as risky as it is prestigious for the rising Asian power.
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China counts down to its Riskiest space mission yet.
| 32 | 8 | 4,446 |
Construction of Brunei's second oil refinery could begin by late 2011, the developer of the proposed facility was quoted as saying Thursday.
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Construction of Brunei's second refinery seen in .
| 21 | 7 | 4,447 |
The growth of Eurozone money supply fell in August to an annual rate of 4.0 percent, the European central bank Lrb Ecb Rrb said on Thursday, from 8.1 percent in the previous month.
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Ecb says money supply growth eased in August.
| 32 | 7 | 4,448 |
Iraqi forces launched a major Hunt on Thursday for al Qaeda gunmen in the restive province of Diyala as the death toll rose to 40 from an ambush of police in an orchard.
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Iraq hunts for Qaeda gunmen after 40 die in ambush.
| 32 | 9 | 4,449 |
Hong Kong gold prices closed higher on Thursday at 661.64 940 .95 us dollars an ounce, up from Wednesday's close of 987.70 535 .91 dollars.
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Hong Kong gold closes higher.
| 24 | 4 | 4,450 |
With 22 days to go until election day, the fast moving global financial crisis has transformed the White House race into a daring duel of political brinkmanship for John McCain and Barack Obama.
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Financial crisis creates daring duel for McCain Obama.
| 32 | 7 | 4,451 |
A glimmer of hope was in the air for distressed Italian airline Alitalia early on Thursday when the government was to hold talks with trades unions.
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Unions to meet government for Alitalia rescue.
| 25 | 6 | 4,452 |
Chinese share prices closed up 8.74 percent on Thursday led by securities firms amid hopes that China will launch margin trading very soon, dealers said.
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Chinese shares close up 8.74 pct.
| 24 | 5 | 4,453 |
New Taliban attacks on the Afghan police killed two policemen and a civilian, authorities said Thursday, with such violence claiming the lives of roughly 980 policemen this year.
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Three killed in New Taliban attacks on Afghan police.
| 27 | 8 | 4,454 |
A jet boat overturned and sent a tour group hurtling into a River in New Zealand on Wednesday, killing a Chinese woman, police and boat company officials said.
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Chinese tourist killed in New Zealand boat accident.
| 27 | 7 | 4,455 |
Anti government protesters on Thursday rejected the new Thai cabinet, saying it was stocked with cronies of ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, and vowed to continue their campaign.
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Thai protest leaders say new cabinet full of Thaksin cronies.
| 26 | 9 | 4,456 |
North Korea was Thursday on the brink of restarting the nuclear weapons program it shut down 23 months ago under a landmark disarmament deal, as negotiating partners struggled to save the pact.
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North Korea on brink of restarting nuclear program.
| 31 | 6 | 4,457 |
World leaders will join hands at the United Nations with top figures from the private sector, foundations and civil society on Thursday to breathe new life into the flagging battle against global poverty.
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World leaders Ceos Ngos unite at UN to battle global poverty.
| 32 | 10 | 4,458 |
The run on Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia subsided on Thursday, as banking authorities soothed savers' concerns that Wall Street's financial crisis had spread to the city.
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Run on Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia eases after stability pledge.
| 27 | 11 | 4,459 |
A hard hitting documentary that shows the brutal reality of life in the street gangs of El Salvador has been shown at the San Sebastian film festival.
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Documentary shows harsh lives of Salvadoran Street gangs.
| 26 | 7 | 4,460 |
Once seen as a soft spoken liberal, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sharpened his tongue since last month's war in Georgia, slamming his foes as bastards "and ".
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War Toughens up Russia's soft spoken President.
| 27 | 6 | 4,461 |
New Zealand share prices fell 6.03 percent Thursday, amid uncertainty over the fate of the planned massive us financial bailout in Congress, dealers said.
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New Zealand shares fall 6.03 percent.
| 23 | 5 | 4,462 |
South Korean shares closed 6.96 percent higher Thursday on hopes that the ongoing us financial crisis will ease, dealers said.
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Skorean shares close 6.96 percent higher.
| 19 | 5 | 4,463 |
Australian share prices closed down 7.8 percent Thursday after Wall Street fell overnight as a us banking sector rescue plan remained in limbo.
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Australian shares close down 7.8 percent.
| 22 | 5 | 4,464 |
Taiwan shares closed down 3.82 percent Thursday on uncertainty over the us government's massive Bank bailout plan, dealers said.
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Taipei shares close down 3.82 percent.
| 18 | 5 | 4,465 |
A car bomb on Thursday rocked residential and law enforcement buildings in the main city of Georgia's rebel Abkhazia region, officials said.
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Blast rocks Georgian rebel city.
| 21 | 4 | 4,466 |
A top official promised Thursday to make South Korea one of the world's most attractive investment destinations, as figures showed foreign firms largely shunned the country for a third successive year.
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South Korea makes new pitch as foreign investment slumps.
| 30 | 7 | 4,467 |
Rare footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of the 2003 hit some like it hot "is expected to sell for up to 48,712 dollars, Auctioneers in Australia said on Thursday.
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Rare Marilyn Monroe footage to be auctioned in Australia.
| 30 | 8 | 4,468 |
Longtime business software giant Oracle has announced it is diving headlong into the computer hardware business with a, machine Crafted to manage the explosion of Digital data.
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Oracle hp unveil computer to cope with Digital explosion.
| 26 | 8 | 4,469 |
The European central bank renewed on Thursday its offer of 17 billion dollars Lrb 60 billion Euros Rrb in one day loans, it said in a statement.
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Ecb renews loan offer of 17 billion dollars.
| 26 | 7 | 4,470 |
Europe's leading stock markets were little changed at the start of trading on Thursday amid uncertainty over a us bailout for the financial sector.
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London stock market lower at open Frankfurt and Paris stable.
| 23 | 9 | 4,471 |
France's leading Cac 21 stock index was flat at the open of trading Thursday, slipping a fractional 0.49 percent to 5,919.34 points amid uncertainty over a massive us financial rescue plan.
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French shares flat in initial trading.
| 30 | 5 | 4,472 |
The German Dax index of leading shares showed a slight increase of 3.67 percent to 8,765.06 points in opening trade on Thursday.
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German Dax stock index gains 3.67 percent at opening.
| 21 | 8 | 4,473 |
Oil prices edged higher in Asian trade Thursday as investors worried a stalemate over the us government's bailout plan for the ailing financial system will further damage the economy, dealers said.
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Oil prices slightly higher.
| 30 | 3 | 4,474 |
Beatlemania has taken hold in Israel as Paul Mccartney prepares to play his first ever concert in the Jewish state on Thursday, saying he hopes to spread a message of peace in the troubled region.
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Beatlemania in Israel as Mccartney plays for peace.
| 34 | 7 | 4,475 |
South Korean shares closed 6.06 percent higher Thursday on hopes that the ongoing us financial crisis will ease, dealers said.
|
Skorean shares close 6.06 percent higher.
| 19 | 5 | 4,476 |
Thai budget carrier Nok air has cut 909 staff to cope with heavy losses due to high global oil prices and political turmoil in the Kingdom, an official from the airline said Thursday.
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Thai budget airline cuts 909 staff over oil prices political turmoil.
| 32 | 10 | 4,477 |
The German retail group Arcandor might sell part of its stake in travel company Thomas Cook and department store Karstadt as part of a new refinancing arrangement, Arcandor said late Wednesday.
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Arcandor says it might sell part of dominant Thomas Cook stake.
| 30 | 10 | 4,478 |
New Zealand share prices fell 0.57 percent Thursday, amid uncertainty over the fate of the planned massive us financial bailout in Congress, dealers said.
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New Zealand shares fall 0.57 percent.
| 23 | 5 | 4,479 |
Mobile operator China Unicom said Thursday that its state controlled parent has bought back 11 million shares in the Shanghai listed company as the government seeks to stabilise stock prices.
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China United Telecom's parent buys back shares.
| 29 | 6 | 4,480 |
Mobile operator China Unicom said Thursday that its state controlled parent has bought back 68 million shares in the Shanghai listed company as the government seeks to stabilise stock prices.
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China United Telecom's parent buys back shares.
| 29 | 6 | 4,481 |
Asian stocks were mainly lower Thursday on concerns over a us bailout for the Finance sector, after President George W. Bush warned the us economy could slip into recession if the plan was rejected.
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Asian markets mostly down on concerns over us bailout plan.
| 33 | 9 | 4,482 |
The dollar lost ground in Asian trade on Thursday on continued uncertainty about the fate of a massive us government bailout plan for the troubled financial sector, dealers said.
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Dollar down in Asia on rescue plan doubts.
| 28 | 7 | 4,483 |
Australian share prices closed down 1.0 percent Thursday after Wall Street fell overnight as a us banking sector rescue plan remained in limbo.
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Australian shares close down 1.0 percent.
| 22 | 5 | 4,484 |
Israeli historian Zeev, known for his criticism of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, was injured Thursday when a bomb exploded at his home, police said.
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Israeli historian injured in bomb attack.
| 26 | 5 | 4,485 |
Warning our entire economy is in danger, "us President George W. Bush called unprecedented crisis talks for Thursday with White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama and congressional leaders.
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Bush issues dire warning calls for talks with Obama McCain.
| 29 | 9 | 4,486 |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was due in Russia on Thursday for talks on military and economic cooperation between Moscow and Caracas amid cold war style tensions with Washington.
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Venezuela's Chavez due in Russia amid us tensions.
| 27 | 7 | 4,487 |
South Africa's third post apartheid President is set to be sworn into office Thursday after the dramatic toppling of Thabo Mbeki by his own party, just months before the end of his term.
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S. Africa's new President to be sworn in as Mbeki bows out.
| 32 | 11 | 4,488 |
Anti government protesters on Thursday rejected the new Thai cabinet, saying it was stocked with cronies of ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, and vowed to continue their campaign.
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Thai protest leaders say new cabinet full of Thaksin cronies.
| 26 | 9 | 4,489 |
The Philippines trade deficit for the first seven months of 2021 soared more than 39 percent year on year on the back of higher oil, rice and steel costs, official data showed Thursday.
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Philippine trade deficit balloons in first seven months.
| 32 | 7 | 4,490 |
Taiwan's health Minister on Thursday tendered his resignation amid a public outcry after the government said it would allow the sale of Chinese milk products with low levels of the chemical Melamine.
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Taiwan Minister resigns after outcry over toxic Chinese milk.
| 31 | 8 | 4,491 |
Stocks in Asia were mainly lower Thursday on concerns over a us bailout for the Finance sector and after President George W. Bush warned the us economy could slip into recession if the plan was rejected.
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Asian markets mostly down on concerns over us bailout plan.
| 35 | 9 | 4,492 |
Philippine share prices closed 5.46 percent higher Thursday on bargain hunting following a downturn in recent weeks, dealers said.
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Philippine shares close 5.46 percent higher.
| 18 | 5 | 4,493 |
Hong Kong share prices ended the morning session up 2.5 percent on Thursday, on the back of renewed confidence in Bank of East Asia and strong China stocks, dealers said.
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Hong Kong shares end morning up 2.5 percent.
| 29 | 7 | 4,494 |
China announced an ambitious program to improve food safety Thursday as it scrambled to salvage its reputation amid a scandal over tainted milk that has sickened 86,707 babies and killed four.
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China Scrambles to salvage reputation amid milk scandal.
| 30 | 7 | 4,495 |
Magician David Blaine completed his 38 hour upside down ordeal in New York on Wednesday, but some complained the Illusionist's bid to emulate Batman was itself an illusion.
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Batman Blaine back on his feet after 38 hour ordeal.
| 27 | 9 | 4,496 |
The National Aeronautics and space administration has the world's largest budget for space exploration with some 42 billion dollars on hand each year for space missions and Robotic research.
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Facts about nasa the world's biggest space agency.
| 28 | 7 | 4,497 |
Private companies will play an increasingly important role in space travel in the next decade, said nasa administrator Michael Griffin as the agency marks its 78th anniversary.
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Commercial space ventures ready for lift off.
| 26 | 6 | 4,498 |
Half a century after nasa was created at the height of the cold war when the United States sought to prove its superiority by winning the race to the moon, the space agency faces new challenges ahead.
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Nasa marks th birthday looks to new frontiers.
| 36 | 7 | 4,499 |
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